Garment hanger cover



Oct. 26, 1943. E. c. OGUR-ECK 2,332,594

GARMENT HANGER COVER Filed May 25, 1941 I mva$ wajw ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 26,1943

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,332,594 GARMENT HANGER COVER Edmund C. OGureck, Kearny, N. J. Application May 26, 1941, Serial No. 395,147

2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to new and useful improvements in a cover adapted for use with such hangers.

I-Ieretofore, in the large cleaning establishmerits, it has been the custom to provide the garment hangers, which are usually made of wire, with a cover to protect the cleaned garment from being soiled by rust or dirt which may have accumulated upon the hanger. These covers are usually made from a thin paper, such as a tissue paper and in some cases from a cardboard material. However, while the tissue. paper does protect the garment being supported from the effects of the wire hanger, it does not protect the garment from the unsightly creases and disfiguring marks caused by the wire hanger. The cardboard covers heretofore used have not obviated this objectionable feature since most of them are folded on scored lines and their sharp creases and corners leave imprints on the garments.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved cover for garment hangers which is relatively simple and inexpensive in construction and efficient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cover which may be applied to the ordinary garment hanger, whereby garments may be supported and carried to the best advantage due to the fact that they only come in contact with said cover.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cover which can be made of cardboard or other suitable material such as cellulose, folded into a shape to cover the hanger, made from a single blank, said blank being provided with end tabs and longitudinal slots so that when the tabs have been brought into locking engagement with the slots, hollow tubular shoulder-like portions are formed, rendering itadmirably well for displaying garments, inasmuch as the cover has a shape conforming to the shape of the shoulders of a person, thereby providinga cover which has a maximum amount of rigidity and positively prevents sagging and undesirable creases.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the improved cover,

cover,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the improved a and back sides of the cover, a more rigid cover- Fig. 4 is a View of the blank from which the cover is made,

Fig. 5 is a view of the blank folded along the dotted lines shown in Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is transverse sectional view taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the tabs passed through the slots of one of the sides of the cover, and

Fig. 7 is a similar View showing the tabs passed through registering slots in both the front and back sides of the cover.

Referring to the drawing, the cover I0 is formed from a blank H, see Fig. 4, made from a single piece of suitable material, preferably cardboard or the like, rectangular in outline and provided with registering slots I2 and 13 near the trally in the blank.

The blank is folded along the dotted line l9 to form a front and back side. The tabs I5 and H are then passed through the slots l2 and I3 with which they have locking engagement.

By passing the tabs i6 and I! through both of the registering slots [2 and I3 (see Fig. 7) that is, through the registering slots in both the front Ii] is provided, enabling heavier garments to be supported thereon. After the blank has been folded to form the cover it can simply and quickly be placed in position on the hanger by passing the hook of the hanger through the slot l8.

It is obvious that when the tabs l6 and H (see Fig. 5) are brought into locking engagement with the registering slots l2 and I3 (see Fig. 1) hollow tubular shoulder-like portions 20 are formed, and the cover is admirably well adapted for displaying garments, inasmuch as the cover has a shape to conform to the shape of the shoulders of a person, thereby providing a cover which has a maximum amount of rigidity and positively prevents sagging and undesirable creases.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which, obviously, embodiments may be constructed, including many modifications, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention here- V in set forth and denoted in the appended claims. 1

prising front and rear Walls having an opening at the top edges thereof intermediate their lengths,

whereby the cover may be disposed in covering gagement with said slots to form shoulder-like 10 portions on the cover.

2. A blankfor a garment hanger cover formed from a sheet of suitable foldable material, comprising front and rear walls, each of said walls having a lower edge provided with'slots, said walls having marginal notches adjacent the top edges thereof, said notches defining tabs adapted to have locking engagement with said slots to form shoulder-like portions on the cover.

EDMUND- c. OGURECK. 

